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Articles about Automobile Auctions

• Types of Vehicle Auctions
  There are many different types of auctions at which vehicles can be sold. In this article, we discuss some of the different types of auctions that you should be aware of.
  
  
• How to Find Vehicle Auctions
  How to find government, insurance, and other vehicle auctions in your local area, or within reasonable travelling distance of your home.
  
  
• What Are Government Vehicle Auctions?
  Discover what government vehicle auctions are, where the vehicles come from, how you can find and participate in such auctions, and why doing so might be worth your while.
  
  
• How Government Vehicle Auctions Work
  How do government vehicle auctions work? How can you participate? What do you need if you would like to participate in one?

• How to Buy a Reliable Used Car
  How to choose a used car that is reliable and that will last.
  
  
• How to Spot Flood-Damaged Vehicles
  Sometimes flood-damaged vehicles are put on sale in vehicle auctions. Such vehicles which have suffered severe water-damage may often have mechanical and reliability problems. How can you know if a vehicle that you are considering purchasing has been flood damaged?
  
  
• How to Spot Odometer Rollback
  Odometer rollback is a type of fraud where a seller rolls back the odometer so as to conceal the vehicle's actual mileage. Unfortunately odometer rollback can be very hard to detect.

• Flipping Cars Purchased At Auctions
  Is it possible to make money by buying used vehicles cheaply at auctions, and then reselling them later for a higher price ("flipping cars")? Answer: Yes it is if you know how - but there are also precautions that you need to take, otherwise you could end-up actually losing money or getting stuck with a unsaleable vehicle that you don't want.

• Vehicle Title Branding
  In this article we address the question: What is vehicle title branding, as well as telling you things you should know about vehicle branding (including some important warnings).
  
  
• Lemons and Vehicle Title Branding
  Most people use the word "lemon" to refer to any vehicle with serious or repeated mechanical problems, but there actually laws that require certain vehicles to be classified as "lemons", and this fact may even be recorded on the vehicle's title!
  
  
• Salvage and Vehicle Title Branding
  The title brand "Salvage" refers to a vehicle which suffered serious damage such that the cost of repairs exceeded a significant portion of the fair market value of the vehicle. Sometimes vehicles with this brand are sold, sometimes they can gain a new brand of "Rebuilt Salvage" after repairs and inspection. And sometimes, unscrupulous sellers can get the brand remove by "vehicle title washing".

• What is the VIN?
  What is a VIN and where does it come from?
  
  
• How to Find the VIN
  How to find the VIN on an automobile.
  
  
• Understanding the VIN
  What does the VIN actually mean? There is actually surprisingly large amount of information encoded within the VIN.
  
  
  Using the VIN
  Why would you want to know the VIN anyway? What can I use this information for?

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